Board dismisses lawmaker's records request complaint

It says lag in response time was a 'harmless error'

1:00 AM,
Mar. 21, 2014

Keith Luchtel, director of the Iowa Public Information Board, recommended dismissal of a lawmaker's complaint that the city of Waterloo lagged in responding to a public records request. The board agreed.

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The city of Waterloo's nearly two-month lag in responding to a state representative's public records request was "harmless error," the Iowa Public Information Board decided Thursday when dismissing a complaint.

Rep. Dawn Pettengill, R-Mount Auburn, requested information about the city's pension system Nov. 20. She received a response Jan. 9. She filed a formal complaint in March, asking the board to remind the city of what a timely response is to such a request.

One Waterloo employee had been on maternity leave, the city observed five holidays after Pettengill's request and several ...